Welted boot or shoe.



A. L. RICHARD.

WELTED BOOT 0R SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-22.1911.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918,

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JEST AVAILABLE COr ABRAHAEM'L. RICHARD, or LYNN, 'MAss AcnusETrs.

WELTED 300T oR-sHo'E."

Specification of Letters ratnt.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

Application filed December 22, 1917.: Serial No. 208,352.

To all whom it may concern.' v

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM LQRICHARD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement-in Welted Boots or Shoes, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specifica-- tion, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a boot or shoe having a welt and has for its object toprovide a welted boot or shoe of superior merit as will be described. To this end, the welted boot or shoe is provided with a substantially thin insole free from a feather and having a lip formed by turning over the edge of the insole. blank, which leaves the insole within the boot or shoe free to have the upper contact, with thebody portion of thein'sole at the junction of the lip with said'body por tion, whereby a smooth joint is formed between the upper and insole, which is free from projections or sharp edges which cause discomfort to the wearer of the boot or shoe -especially after the same has been wet and practised with leather insoles is rled.

The featherless insole is capable of being made materially thinner than insolesxprovided with a feather, which results in a material saving in the weight and 'costofthe insole and also results in the production of a more flexible and comfortable shoe, and

further enables heretofore waste material, es-' pecially thin leather to beutilized as insoles for welted boots and shoes. effects a material saving in labor, as the operation of channeling insoles now commonly avoided.

These and other features of this invention will be pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure 1. reperesents a welted shoe embodying this invention. Fig. 2, a plan view of the insole with a portion ofthe upper and welt sewed thereto. Fig.'3, a section of the 'shoe on anenlarge'd scale to illustrate the featherless feature of the insole, the section beingtaken on the line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4, a detail in section on an enlarged scale showing the outer sole attached to the Welt, and

Fig. 5, a section on the line 5-5, Fig. 2,

'ough the heel portion of the insole to w the reinforcement therefor.

So also, it-

projections for the foot to press upon,

Referring. to the drawing, 10 represents the insole; 12, the upper; 13, the welt, and 14 the outer sole of a welted boot or shoe.

In accordance with this invention, the-insole 10 is formed without. affeather, such as .now'commonly used in insoles of welted shoes. The featherless insole 1O turning or folding over an insole ,blank at itsouter edge at the shank and fore part to form a lip '15, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and shown in section in Figs. 3'and 4:. The-folded-over lip 15 as shown clearly in Figs. 8 and 4, provides the insole with preferably a rounded or curved edge portion 16 at the shank and fore part, against which the upper 12 bears when. the said upper and welt 13 are sewed to the lip 15 by the inseam stitches 17 in the same manner as now commonly ractised. The outer sole 14 is sewed to th stitches 18 in the usual manner.

By providing the boot or shoe with featherless insole, so that the upper when sewed to the lip 15 ofthe insole, is brought into contact withv the rounded the insole formed by the junction of the lip with the bodyportion, comfortable and flexible shoe is obtained, especially for ladies, as the insole is capable of being made of materially. thinner stock which renders the shoe more flexible,'an inasmuch as the, insole lwithin the shoe'is provided with a rounded edge, which is firmly held down to the outer sole by; the

inseam stitches, no opportunity is presented for the formation of ridges on hard, sharp especially after the' shoe been wet and dried in service,'and, as a result, a more comfortable wearing 'shoe .is obtained. Furthermore, the featherless insole, enables edge 16 of j is made by I e welt by the fair a materially more the insole to be made of substantiallyv onehalf the thickness-of an insole provided with afeather, and, as a result, thin leather which is not of sufiicient thickness to perunit of being-channeled, and which'now is .not available for'insoles of welted shoes,'is (capable of being employed for a featherless insole, at a ma erial saving in the cost oots and shoes, as by of making welted such use,ja saving in stock is effected, also Q in labor, time, etc., as the operation of channeling is dispensed with.

The thin 'featherles's insole is provided at its heel portion 19 with a reinforcement 20,

- which may be of fiber board, or other substantially firm material, Which reinforcement is cemented orotherwise afiixed to the heel portion 19 of the insole, and strengthens the 'heel of the insole so as to enable the upper to be firmly nailed thereto, as shown n F 'The thin insole permits the body portion A of the latter to be brought in contact with the outer sole so as to rest thereon (see Fig.

4)., and, as a result, the usual fillerbetween the insole and the outer'sole now commonly employed may be omitted and the cost of the shoe thereby reduced besides increasing the flexibility.

While the-insole is. relatively thin as compared with channeled insoles, it is nevertheless of suflicient thickness to enable the folded over lip to retain its folded over posi- 7. tion against the pressure of the needle guide of sewing machines now employed for securing the upper and welt to the insole of welted shoes by the inseam stitches 17, and

the latter: are passed through the lip at its base wherethe li joins the bottom of the insole, and thus orms a seam between the welt and the upper inclose proximity to the last for the so-called table or guide of the fair stitch machine, which if so desired,

enables the fair stitches to, be brought closer to the last with .a consequent saving in the outer sole, as the latter may be made nar-.

rower and the welted shoe made to approximate closely the neat and finished appearance of a turn shoe.

Claims: A

1. A welted boot or. shoe having a featherless insole provided at the shank and fore part with a folded over lip capable of retaining its folded over posltion and resistingthe pressure .of a needle guide exerted portion and the heel of the shoe.

2. A welted boot or shoe havin a featherless insole provided at the Shitn and fore part with a folded over lip capable of retaining its folded overposition and resisting the pressure of a needle guide exerted laterall a ainst it, and having a substantially at ieel portion integral therewith, and having the upper and welt sewed to the said lip at the base thereof where it joins the bottom of said insole, with the upper within the shoe contactin with the" turned over lip at the rounded e ge thereof and substantially at the line of stitches which unite the upper to the insole, the body portion of the insole being relieved from transverse strain and free to move toward the outer sole into a position below a horizontal plane through said stitches, said upper overlapping the substantially flat heel portion and secured thereto within the edge thereof and interposed between the said heel portion and the heel of the shoe.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ABRAHAM L.. RICHARD. 

